Recipe Tip: Chicken Satay Skewers with Peanut-Coriander Sauce
Top Recipe by Julian Kutos. All ingredients and tips for getting it right. Julian Kutos serves up this popular Asian roadside snack with a sauce made from peanuts, ginger and coriander.
Ingredients
- 400 gchicken breast (with or without skin)
- 2 tablespoonsoy sauce
- 1 tablespoonlime juice
- 1 tablespoonfish sauce
- fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoonpalm sugar (or other raw sugar)
- 1 tablespoonpeanut oil
- 1 pinch(es)turmeric
- fresh coriander
- 1 pinch(es)salt
- peanut oil for frying
- black pepper, freshly ground
- fresh lime wedges (to serve)
- 50 gpeanuts, whole, unshelled
- 80 gpeanut butter
- 1 teaspoon(s)fish sauce
- 2 tablespoonsoy sauce
- 1lime, zest
- 1 tablespoonlime juice
- 3 tablespoonpalm sugar (or other raw sugar)
- 1 tablespoonrice vinegar
- ½ clove(s)garlic, grated
- chilli to taste
- black pepper, freshly ground
- 100 mlwater
- fresh coriander
- spring onion, chopped
Instructions
Step 1
For the marinade, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.Step 2
Cut the chicken into thin strips, add to the marinade and leave in the fridge for 2 hours. Then thread the chicken on skewers.Step 3
Fry the chicken skewers in a pan with oil or grill them. Finally season with pepper.Step 4
Shell the peanuts, leave the brown skin on the nuts.Step 5
Heat a pan without oil, toast the peanuts until they are browned and you can smell the toasted aroma.Step 6
Leave the peanuts to cool, then chop coarsely.Step 7
Put the remaining ingredients (except the water) in a bowl and whisk together. Slowly stir in the water until you have a creamy consistency, using as much or as little as you like to achieve your desired consistency.Step 8
Season to taste with salt, soy sauce, lime juice and sugar.Step 9
Serve with fresh coriander and finely chopped spring onions. The sauce can be kept in the refrigerator for several days.Step 10
Ideally marinate the chicken overnight so that the meat can absorb plenty of flavour.Step 11
For the best peanut taste always buy whole, unroasted peanuts. These can be stored longer with the shell and can be processed and roasted as desired.Step 12
The thin brown skin which surrounds the peanuts should always be eaten, as it has a lot of flavour.Step 13
The marinade is also suitable for other cuts of chicken (legs, wings, etc), meats (pork, beef) or even fish and shrimp.Step 14
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